WinWay Resume 6.0 (10-user)

by WINWAY CORPORATION

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00002S80G
• Item model number: WW-010-430
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2002
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,812 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Up to 10 users can utilize this many-faceted résumé program. The network version of Winway Resume 6.0 comes with a user's manual and a CD-ROM that is installed onto a network computer server. Features include thousands of résumé samples, which can be enhanced with styles, borders, bullets, fonts, and colors; and examples from all lines of employment and situations. Writing assistance is provided with a repository of job-specific phrases and keywords. Users can manage job contacts, send faxes and e-mails, and upload finished résumés to online job banks. The software also offers multimedia hiring tips and tutorials.

From Winmag®

Don't let the great job market blind you to the need of a key job-hunting resource: an attention-getting résumé. WinWay Resume from WinWay Corporation includes tools for building a résumé in either functional or chronological layouts, plus a collection of tools that go beyond the résumé, such as sample interviews, for just $39.95.

AutoWriter provides selected phrases geared to your job objective. WinWay Resume presents a sample résumé with blocks for your name, objective (the job you're applying for or desire), your previous jobs, education, and references. Click on any of the blocks to open a small window and edit the text. Stymied about what to write? WinWay Resume's AutoWriter asks you to select your occupation, then offers a variety of suggestions. Under "objective", for example, I choose "Editor, Publications" and was presented with a variety of appropriate phrases. OK, some were not to my taste. I've never felt comfortable using the phrase "a challenging position as...".

However, even more useful was AutoWriter's suggestions about accomplishments. I find it extremely difficult to condense the kinds of things I've done in previous positions. AutoWriter's list of topics made it easy to phrase the work concisely, and it served as a memory jogger. AutoWriter isn't much more than a fancy copy-and-paste feature, but it's the phrases that make it worth its weight in gold.

I'm the same way with cover letters. What do you say, other than "Please find enclosed my résumé for the position of Assistant Widget Designer"? Bor-ing. Fortunately, WinWay Resume provides dozens of samples - one of which can surely be tailored to your own situation.

WinWay Resume covers careers from entry-level positions to top brass. Just out of school? WinWay's program can help you develop a résumé when your job experience is limited. Other nice features: a "fit to one page" feature; export to plain ASCII text, .RTF or .HTML; and video of career advisor Barbara Nixon.

WinWay Resume offers several predefined formatting options. For example, it offers 20 different ways to arrange your name, address, phone, and e-mail addresses; in addition you can apply one of 20 résumé themes, though I found most of them too cutesy to be used in Corporate America.

More Than Just Résumés
WinWay Resume includes other tools to help you in your career. For example, there's a set of videos that pose typical interview questions. Listen to the question, compose your own answer, then click on another button to see the sample answer. There's another video about salary negotiation I found useful.

Though the program can create envelopes, it isn't smart enough to remember the name and address from your résumé and apply it to the return-address section. I'd also like to see more professional "themes" than those provided.

All in all, WinWay Resume makes it easy to create a résumé that can help you get in the door. The rest is up to you.